If you were wondering how Facebook's Surround 360 camera rig functions in the real world, wait no longer.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday published the first video shot and produced with the company's Surround 360 camera. He uploaded the three-minute video to his Facebook account, allowing users to move their cursor around the image, shot at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Check out this 360 video of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. It's the first 360 video that we produced and filmed ourselves using our new Surround 360 camera. You can tilt your phone to experience different moments happening around you in the terminal. Turn up the sound to know where to look. It's a preview of what a full-length virtual reality movie will feel like. Instead of watching the action, you'll be right in the middle of it.

Facebook's Surround 360 camera was unveiled at the company's F8 Conference last month as part of a broader push by the company to get developers creating 360-degree content and uploading it to Facebook. While the rig, which features a slew of cameras in a cylindrical design, won't be sold, Facebook open-sourced the technology, allowing other companies to create their own cameras to deliver video to the social network.

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The video posted by Zuckerberg is the first Facebook itself has produced. Users can see people walking around, a person taking a picture, and more. All the while, the viewer is in the middle of the bustling area.

"You can tilt your phone to experience different moments happening around you in the terminal," Zuckerberg wrote. "Turn up the sound to know where to look. It's a preview of what a full-length virtual reality movie will feel like. Instead of watching the action, you'll be right in the middle of it."

As of this writing, the video has notched nearly 2.7 million views on Facebook. It's the first of what will likely be many Surround 360 videos coming from Facebook as the company tries to build its presence in the ever-growing virtual-reality market.

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